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Bert H. Kruse
Bert H. Kruse

MUTE MUSICALE

New York Times, Sunday, February 4, 1979

2-Down : ___ Paix

Author:
Bert H. Kruse
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 81, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 537 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 112, Cheaters: 16, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Bert H. Kruse has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,680
Across
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C.S.A. general : BRAGG
6
"The Destroyer," to Hindus : SIVA
10
___ Alaska : BAKED
15
More acidic : SOURER
16
Flu symptoms : ACHES
17
Region of simple pleasure : ARCADIA
19
Capote work : THEGRASSHARP
21
Aquatic herbs : BURREEDS
23
" ... reck the ___": Burns : REDE
24
Presupposes : POSITS
25
Mirador : ORIEL
26
Lupulus : HOP
27
Last word : AMEN
28
Publications for employees : HOUSEORGANS
30
Virginia's Virginia : DARE
31
Cultivation of land : TILTH
33
Grand Central: Abbr. : TRM
34
Auto pioneer : OLDS
35
Nodded : ERRED
36
Bond rating : AAA
37
Pointed arch : OGEE
39
Melville book : TYPEE
41
Forest clearing : GLADE
42
Othello's people : MOORS
43
Tint : HUE
44
Japanese art medium : SUMI
45
Kin of olés : BRAVOS
47
Dull fellows : HUMDRUMS
50
Snack : NOSH
54
Boxed : CRATED
55
Miss Negri : POLA
56
Came down : ALIT
57
Dome : PATE
58
Suggestions : HINTS
59
Additional : MORE
60
Force : DINT
61
Like certain organs : VITAL
62
"The Gloomy Dean" : INGE
63
Indefinite number : SOME
64
Leonardo lady : MONA
65
Rely : DEPEND
66
Equal : PEER
67
Pentagon V.I.P.'s : TOPBRASS
69
Alter ego, e.g. : FRIEND
70
Danube tributary : HRON
72
"I Like ___" : IKE
73
Items in the fire : IRONS
74
Bend over : STOOP
76
Put by : SAVED
78
Slangy denial : NOPE
79
Cote sound : MAA
82
Seal : OTARY
83
Marquette, for one : PERE
84
Dep. : STN
85
Mild oaths : DRATS
87
Sally ___ (tea cake) : LUNN
88
Hearing aids : EARTRUMPETS
92
Discordia, to Greeks : ERIS
93
Headache relief: Pharm. : APC
94
Spanish rooms : SALAS
95
Bradley U. site : PEORIA
96
Trig term : SINE
97
Dangerous dwelling : FIRETRAP
99
Symbol of dependence : APRONSTRINGS
101
U.S.-U.S.S.R. breather : DETENTE
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Italian statesman : LEONE
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Sings atop 42 Down : YODELS
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Use a divining rod : DOWSE
105
Hunter's quarry : PREY
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Della or ex-Dodger : REESE
Down
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Vagabond's world : BOHEMIA
2
___ Paix : RUEDELA
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Silvery : ARGENT
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Land south of Den. : GER
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Ending for poly or tele : GRAPH
6
Dichotomy : SCHISM
7
"___ war": F.D.R. : IHATE
8
Left-hand page : VERSO
9
Viper : ASP
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U.C.L.A. team : BRUINS
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Sheridan character : ACRES
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Malden or Marx : KARL
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Nigerian city : EDE
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Stubborn one : DIEHARD
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Layers : STRATA
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Promises : ASSURES
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Chafe : ABRADE
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Renee of silents : ADOREE
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Chimney sweeps : SOOTERS
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Tore : SPED
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Coquet : OGLE
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Captured a dogie : ROPED
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Water carriers : DRAINPIPES
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Smiths' concerns : HOOVES
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Slippery ___ : ELM
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Virtuous : GOOD
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Remote goal : THULE
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Arizona city : YUMA
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Squall : GUST
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Swiss-Italian peak : MATTERHORN
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Hit, old style : SMIT
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Pickling solution : BRINE
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Kitchen appliance : RANGE
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Biblical mountain : HOREB
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Claude of cinema : RAINS
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Cubitus : ULNA
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Made of a grain : OATEN
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Endure : STAND
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Ziegfeld's first wife : HELD
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Amy's big brother : CHIP
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Vainglory : POMP
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Place in space : MOON
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Gave medicine to : DOSED
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Striated : VEINED
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Discontinue : STOP
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Construct : MAKE
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Mail receive : DROP
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Charles or James : RIVER
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Book illustration, for short : FRONTIS
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White or Wilkins : ROY
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Medic : INTERNE
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Obtuse : STUPID
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Norman Crusade leader : TANCRED
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Monterrey blanket : SERAPE
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Liberal ___ : ARTS
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Leathernecks : MARINES
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Ecstatic : ATINGLE
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Tax : ASSESS
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Elgar's "King ___" : OLAF
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Sense of taste : PALATE
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Foolish : SPOONY
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Dwell : RESIDE
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Merits : EARNS
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Train bed : UPPER
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Ancient Ethiopian capital : MEROE
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Butterfly : SATYR
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Lobscouse : STEW
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W.W. II arena : ETO
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See 42 Down : ALP
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Cervine creature : ROE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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